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Friday, January 22, 2010

Touch The Silence!

Learn to Freedive with Helen Garner and

Course Date: Saturday 27th February & Sunday 28th February

What you will learn:In this course you will learn various techniques to understand breath hold and increase your bottom time and fine tune your freediving style. You will learn basic theory and safety techniques. Most students are able to hold their breath for 2 minutes, and complete a dynamic dive to more than 40m with just 2 days of instruction, training and a bit of willpower.

Course Overview:The AIDA 2 star is divided into one weekend (Saturday & Sunday) learning to become comfortable underwater.
It includes both theory and practical exercises:

Theory:

The Mammalian Dive Reflex (adaptations of humans to the underwater environment).

Physics (gas laws, pressure, buoyancy)

Physiology (an overview of the bodies cardiac and respiratory systems for freediving)

The effects of depth and pressure - Equalization techniques

The effects of depth and pressure – partial pressures and the physiology of shallow water blackouts

Preventing pressure injuries (barotraumas) whilst freediving

Safety freediving – the buddy system and the role of the buddy and diver

Practical skills:

2 Hot Yoga classes

Freediving stretches

Breathing techniques and relaxation techniques

Correct use of equipment

Static apnea

Dynamic apnea

Costs:

cost R1250

And if you want their AIDA certification and card etc at the end - it will be another R250 to get it processed.